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Candeleros Chico

June 4-8, 2013

This was a wonderful little cove. The guidebook says it is a one boat anchorage, but we squeezed in there with another small boat.  For the first time in over a month, we find ourselves alone, and the family time was welcomed.


Logbook – June 4, 2013 (Puerto Escondido to Candeleros Chico)

Passage Log Highlights

    • 1730 Depart Puerto Escondido
    • 1915 Arrive Candeleros Chico

Daily Notes

    • Passage to Candeleros Chico.  One other boat in the anchorage.

PE to Candeleros Chico
It was a rush to get out of Puerto Escondido so we could get to Candeleros Chico before dark.  We departed at 17:30 and arrived 19:15 under motor with both engines the whole way.
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The Candles
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Approaching Candeleros Chico
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The geography of Candeleros Chico
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Ready to jump
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Fun on the boogie boards as the sun goes down
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Sunset at Candeleros Chico
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Nightswimming
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Nightswimming

Logbook – June 5, 2013 (Candeleros Chico)

Daily Notes

    • Boys spearfishing – 7 fish! Sushi (yellowtail) for dinner
    • Boys ate popcorn & star gazed.  Awesome shooting star.

Logbook – June 6, 2013 (Candeleros Chico)

Daily Notes

    • Mom – snorkel – better than San Juanico.  School of parrot fish.  Boys spearfishing
    • Sunset “hike” – didn’t go very far
    • Campfire & marshmallows.  Alex roasts the most heavenly marshmallows

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Good morning Candeleros Chico
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This is the other boat in the anchorage with us with the sunrise reflecting off the cliff behind it.

Email to family and friends dated June 6, 2013

Subject: Still at Candeleros Chico

Hi, we are still at Candeleros Chico and we are loving it. It’s a very small cove, just us and one other boat here. The boys have been hugely successful spearfishing, and the snorkeling is amazing. Today we are going to have an early dinner (fish tacos, what else) and then go for a sunset hike. We will likely be here a couple more days and then another provisioning trip into Loreto then back up to San Juanico.


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Yummy beer-battered fish
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Fogbank getting closer
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The rugged terrain, we tried to go for a hike but the spiderwebs deterred us.  While looking for the trailhead, we found a huge spider and the boys fed it horse flies
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Alex doing some exploring
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Exodus at anchor at Candeleros Chico
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Looking for seashells
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Found some
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Gathering wood for a campfire
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They were not disappointed the hike was aborted
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The rocky beach at Candeleros Chico
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Candeleros Chico
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Wonderful evening. Marshmallows and everything.

Logbook – June 7, 2013 (Candeleros Chico)

Daily Notes

    • Wettest night yet.  81% humidity
    • A&T spearfishing, B swimming
    • Stargazing and movie night

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Morning fog rolling in
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Biscuits for breakfast
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Rinsing some dishes
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Tim doin some boat work. I took this picture out the porthole from our cabin.

Logbook – June 8, 2013 (Candeleros Chico to Puerto Ballandra)

Passage Log Highlights

    • 1137 Depart Candeleros Chico
    • 1221 Spinnaker, no engines
    • 1617 Arrive Puerto Ballandra

Daily Notes

    • Passage from Candeleros Chico –> Puerto Ballandra (Isla Carmen).  Sailed most of the way with good wind from SE.  used spinnaker for the first leg between Danzante & Carmen
    • caught a 20 lb fish – we were very excited thinking it was a tuna, turned out to be a toro (very dark red meat)
    • Boys swam at Puerto Ballandra.  New favorite game is stand up on a boogie board holding the anchor chain
    • Radio contact with Lady Carolina Southbound Net

Email to family and friends dated June 8, 2013

Subject: Leaving Candeleros Chico

We will be leaving this wonderful little cove later this morning and heading to one of the anchorages closer to Loreto. We are going to go to Loreto tomorrow to provision before heading North. There’s a farmers market that everyone raves about in Loreto on Sunday mornings, so we are going to try to hit that. After being with all the kid boats we’ve been enjoying time on our own. Two nights ago we had a campfire and roasted marshmallows on the beach and last night we made hot chocolate and stargazed on the deck of Exodus. Good times. There are two other kid boats still here and we are going to head north to catch up with them.
Love and miss you all,
-D.


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Making sure the solar shower bags are in a nice sunny spot
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Cleaning out some boat lockers
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A very successful day spearfishing
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Relaxing
Spinnaker Run to Ballandra
We departed Candeleros Chico at 11:37 and arrived at Puerto Ballandra at 16:17.

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